# candidatar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From candidato +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃.di.dɐˈtaɾ/ [kɐ̃.di.ðɐˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃.di.dɐˈtaɾ/ [kɐ̃.di.ðɐˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃.di.dɐˈta.ɾi/ [kɐ̃.di.ðɐˈta.ɾi]

### Verb

candidatar (first-person singular present candidato, first-person singular preterite candidatei, past participle candidatado)
* (transitive) to enrol someone or something as a candidate
    O Silva candidatou seu filho a presidente na eleição da escola.Silva enrol his son as a candidate for president in the school election.
* (pronominal) to run (to be a candidate in an election)
    Ninguém quis se candidatar a prefeito.Nobody wanted to run for mayor.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “candidatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

From candidato +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kandidaˈtaɾ/ [kãn̪.d̪i.ð̞aˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: can‧di‧da‧tar

### Verb

candidatar (first-person singular present candidato, first-person singular preterite candidaté, past participle candidatado)
* to enrol as a candidate
* (reflexive) to run (as a candidate)
    Synonym: candidatear

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | candidatar | candidatar | candidatar | candidatar | candidatar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | candidatando | candidatando | candidatando | candidatando | candidatando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | candidatado | candidatado | candidatada | candidatada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | candidatados | candidatados | candidatadas | candidatadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | candidato | candidatas$^{tú}$ candidatás$^{vos}$ | candidata | candidatamos | candidatáis | candidatan |
| indicative | imperfect | candidataba | candidatabas | candidataba | candidatábamos | candidatabais | candidataban |
| indicative | preterite | candidaté | candidataste | candidató | candidatamos | candidatasteis | candidataron |
| indicative | future | candidataré | candidatarás | candidatará | candidataremos | candidataréis | candidatarán |
| indicative | conditional | candidataría | candidatarías | candidataría | candidataríamos | candidataríais | candidatarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | candidate | candidates$^{tú}$ candidatés$^{vos2}$ | candidate | candidatemos | candidatéis | candidaten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | candidatara | candidataras | candidatara | candidatáramos | candidatarais | candidataran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | candidatase | candidatases | candidatase | candidatásemos | candidataseis | candidatasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | candidatare | candidatares | candidatare | candidatáremos | candidatareis | candidataren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | candidata$^{tú}$ candidatá$^{vos}$ | candidate | candidatemos | candidatad | candidaten |
| imperative | negative | | no candidates | no candidate | no candidatemos | no candidatéis | no candidaten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “candidatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014